John Cropper was born in Nottinghamshire, England.
John was born in 1829.
Family records give birth date as 4 Aug 1829 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; Death certificate gives birth date as 3 Dec 1829.
There is a baptism of a John Cropper 3 December 1829 in nearby Carlton on Trent [1], parents are not recorded on the transcript but this is the same location as the baptism of his brother William two years later.
He appeared on the 1841 census in North Clifton, Nottinghamshire with his father and step-mother. His father was the miller in North Clifton at that time [2]
Occupation-Flour Miller
John passed away in 1901 and is interred at Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Sources
↑Parish Register Abstract, Parish of Carlton on Trent, at FindMyPast.co.uk
↑Census 1841 North Clifton, Nottinghamshire HO107/862/1/3/15, aged 11, born Nottinghamshire
1860 WI Federal Census Dane Co, Mazomanie,
1870 WI Federal Census Dane Co, Mazomanie,
1880 WI Federal Census Sauk Co, Troy,
1885 WI State Census, Mazomanie,
1886 Real Estate Assessment Roll in Arena Co, WI
1900 WI Federal census Milwaukee Co, Milwaukee, WI.
"Wisconsin State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM9L-JT6 : 28 May 2022), John Cropper, 1895; citing Department of State. State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1032714, image 553.
"Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLNP-5PK : accessed 19 May 2023), John Cropper, 1901; citing Death, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,329.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52793636/john-cropper: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for John Cropper (1 Jan 1829–4 Aug 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #52793636, citing Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by docwatto (contributor 48893670).
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John Cropper was b. 3 Dec 1829, England d. 4 Aug 1901 in Milwaukee, WI and is buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, WI. Death cert. No. 3464 Milwaukee, WI and Death record No. 02512 State of WI. His occupation was a Miller. He married Ambrosia Mason abt. 1856